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Cardinal Lory 
At Busch Gardens, Tampa Bay, USA Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Tribe: Lorini Genus: Chalcopsitta Species: C. cardinalis Binomial name Chalcopsitta cardinalis
(Gray, 1849)The Cardinal Lory (Chalcopsitta cardinalis) is a monotypic species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. The Cardinal Lory lives mainly in the mangrove and the lowland forests of the Solomon Islands and east Papua New Guinea.
Because it is of the Syzygium species it preferes fruit-bearing trees that have red blossoms.[citation needed]
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Description
At Loro Parque, Spain
The Cardinal Lory is 31 cm (12 in) long. All plumage is red. The beak is orange with black at its base. The bare skin at base of beak and around eyes is black, and the irises are orange-red. Its legs are grey. The male and female are identical in external appearance. The beaks of the juveniles are dull orange with more prominent black areas than the adults, pale grey eye-rings, and yellow irises.[1]
Aviculture
In 1989 the Solomon Island permitted few Cardinal Lories to be exported to the USA. However, because of the Wild Bird Conservation Act in 1992 the exportion of Cardinal Lories from the Solomon Islands to the USA was banned except for approved breeding.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Forshaw (2006). plate 7.
- BirdLife International (2008). Chalcopsitta cardinalis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 11 April 2009.
Cited texts
- Forshaw, Joseph M. (2006). Parrots of the World; an Identification Guide. Illustrated by Frank Knight. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691092516.
Lories and lorikeets (Tribe: Lorini) Genus Species (taxonomy note: * indicates taxa that may classified as a subspecies of the Rainbow Lorikeet or a separate species)
(extinctions: † indicates a species confirmed to be extinct, ₴ indicates evidence only from sub-fossils)Chalcopsitta Black Lory • Brown Lory (or Duyvenbode's Lory) • Streaked Lory • Cardinal LoryEos Pseudeos Trichoglossus Ornate Lorikeet • Pohnpei Lorikeet • Mindanao Lorikeet (or Johnstone's Lorikeet) • Citrine Lorikeet (or Yellow-and-green Lorikeet) • Rainbow Lorikeet • Sunset Lorikeet (or Scarlet-breasted Lorikeet) * • Leaf Lorikeet (also Flores Lorikeet or Weber's Lorikeet) * • Marigold Lorikeet * • Red-collared Lorikeet * • Scaly-breasted Lorikeet • Olive-headed LorikeetPsitteuteles Lorius Phigys Vini Blue-crowned Lorikeet • Kuhl's Lorikeet (or Rimatara Lorikeet) • Stephen's Lorikeet (or Henderson Lorikeet) • Violet Lorikeet (Blue Lorikeet or Tahitian Lory) • Ultramarine Lorikeet • Sinoto's Lorikeet † ₴ • Conquered Lorikeet † ₴Glossopsitta Charmosyna Oreopsittacus Neopsittacus 
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